In the tradition of Voltaire's Candide and Jerzy Kosinski's The Painted Bird.

Plot: A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.

Story: None

Did you know: The film met with a lukewarm reception in its native Germany, with the local media being less than complementary about it. The German Oscar selection committee did not even include it as a submission for that year's Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Much embarrassment ensued when it went on to become one of the most successful German films ever released in the US, winning a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.